Korg 61key, 73key, 88key Creating a Drum Track pattern

Drum Track function settings Creating a Drum Track pattern
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Master operation
IfyouwantanexternalMIDIdeviceorcomputerto
synchronizetotheKROME’sMIDItimingclockand
realtimecommands,connecttheKROME’sMIDIOUT
toyourexternalMIDIdevice’sMIDIIN,orconnectthe
KROME’sUSBporttoyourcomputer’sUSBport.
SetMIDIClocktoInternal.
Note:ThesameappliesifMIDIClock=AutoandMIDI
realtimeclockmessagesarebeingtransmitted(see
page111).
Synchronization via MIDI clock
TheconnectedexternalMIDIdevicewillsynchronize
totheMIDIclockoftheKROME.
Creating a Drum Track pattern
Onceyou’veconvertedthepatterninthisway,you’ll
beabletouseitwiththedrumtrackineachmode.
TheseconvertedDrumTrackpatternsareheldin
internalmemoryevenafteryouturnoffthepower.
Thismeansyoucanmanagethemtogetherwiththe
programsandcombinations.
Preparing a user pattern
You’l lfirstneedtopreparetheuserpatternthatyou
wanttoconverttoaDrumTrackpattern.
Tocreateauserpattern,youcanrealtime‐recordit(see
page65)intheSeqP10:Pattern/RPPR–PatternEdit
page,orstep‐recordit(seepage167ofthePar ameter
Guide).
Alternatively,performancedatafromatrackcanbe
importedintoapattern,meaningthatperformance
datayou’vecreatedinatrackorSMFdatayou’ve
loadedinMediamodecanbeusedasauserpattern.To
dothis,executetheGetFromTrackmenucommandin
theSeqP10:Pattern/RPP R–PatternEditpage(see
page187ofthePa rameterGuide).
Converting to a Drum Track pattern
1. PresstheSEQbuttontoenterSequencermode.
2. AccesstheSeqP10:Patern/RPPR–PatternEdit
page.
3. Selecttheuserpatternthatyouwanttoconvertto
aDrumTrackpattern.
SetPatterntoUser,andusePatternSelecttoselectthe
desiredpattern.
4. ChoosethemenucommandConverttoDrumTrk
Patterntoaccessthedialogbox.
5. UsetheTo“DrumTrackPatternSelect”fieldto
specifytheuserDrumTrackpatternnumberthat
willholdtheconverteddata.Whenyouexecute
thecommand,thedatawillbeoverwrittenonto
thisnumber.
6. Ifyouselectthe“All PatternsavailableinSong
***”option,allpatternsinthesongthatcontain
notedatawillbeconverted,startingwiththe
numberyouspecifiedinstep3.
7. Ifyouexecutethiscommandwith“NoteOnly”
selected,onlythenoteeventswillbeconverted.
8. PresstheOKbuttonortheENTERbuttonto
execute.Ifyoudecidenottoexecute,pressthe
CancelbuttonortheEXITbutton.
9. Asdescribedin“UsingtheDrumTrackfunction
inProgrammode”onpage97,settheDrumTrack
“PatternBank”toUser,andset“PatternNo.”to
theuserDrumTrackpatternyouconverted.Then
playtheDrumTrackpattern.
Ifthedrumpatternmemoryisinsufficient,orif
therearenotenoughpatternslots,theerror
message“NotenoughDrumTrackpattern
memory”or“NotenoughDrumTrackpattern
locationsavailable”willappear,andthecommand
cannotbeexecuted.
Tip: It’sagoodideatoconvertdrumpatternsthatyou
usefrequently.Use“LoadDrumTrackPattern”toload
them.
Internal memory (saved inside the KROME)
Song
Drum Track
Track/RPPR
Program
/Combination
Drum Track
Convert to
Drum Track Pattern
100
User
Pattern
Preset
Pattern
User
Drum Track
Pattern
Sequencer memory
(Not saved internally;
save on external USB
media.)